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Legalized marijuana is right around the corner
With the hippie generation moving into power, arguments for equating marijuana with heroine and cocaine are fading away. Indicators clearly point to an outright legalization with some interesting twists and turns.
By Thomas Frey
Which way is up?
If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree upon is the pain that comes from losing your job. And Colorado is hardly immune from the funk that has stalled business and job creation. By Mike Cote
Mayor’s wife, would-be governor’s wife – but always a writer
The day the University of Denver released a 50-page report on immigration, Helen Thorpe was in a jet over the Atlantic coming home from Copenhagen, where her husband had just presented a speech.
By Mike Cote
“Just Like Us”
Here’s an excerpt from the book about four Mexican girls coming of age in America by Helen Thorpe, wife of Denver Mayor – and gubernatorial hopeful – John Hickenlooper.
Read Cote’s Colorado: Coming out of the shadows for more insight into the immigration issue.
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“Making Tough Decisions in Tough Times”
Join your fellow Colorado business leaders from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Feb. 4 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown for a candid discussion sponsored by the Colorado Ethics in Business Alliance. Mike Cote, editor of ColoradoBiz, will moderate a panel of distinguished Colorado business executives, who will share their personal experiences with ethical dilemmas that many business leaders face in this challenging economy.
Featured panelists: Mario Carrera, vice president and general manager, Entravision Communications Corp.; Steven W. Farber, president and founding partner, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck; Ding Wen Hsu, co-owner and president, Pacific Western Technologies Ltd.; Lisa Schomp, president and CEO, Ralph Schomp Automotive.
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THE ASSOCIATION FOR CORPORATE GROWTH
Learn more about the 2010 Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference -- Managing Beyond the Recovery: New Realities, New Rules, New Values. And read the latest ACG news here and web exclusives here.
Enter the 2010 Sustainability Champion Awards competition
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Environmental Partnership have partnered with Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE) and ColoradoBiz to bring you the 2010 Sustainability Champion Awards, sponsored by PAETEC.
The Sustainability Champion Awards recognize individuals and teams who have gone above and beyond required duties in the creation and implementation of a program or initiative that has made a measurable contribution to the environment, the economy and society.
Recipients will be honored at the 2010 Sustainable Opportunities Summit, and will receive special mention in the March 2010 issue of ColoradoBiz.
Visit cobizmag.com for more information and to download the nomination form. The deadline is 4 p.m., Jan. 14.
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